Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-05

steamer piers Is DelnS done Dy green men,
and on the freight lines by the deck hands
of the freight boats.
JOINED THE sTRIKERs-DIFFIcuLTY IN NOV
ING FREIGHT.
The calkers and joiners at work repair
ing the Guyandotte the Old Dominion
steamer that was damaged by the explo-
sion of an internal machine, struck to-day.
They had no grievance. but struck out of
sympathy with the freight-handlers. Their
places will be filed tomorrow by non
union men. The coopers employed along
the piers with the millwrights joined the
strike to-day. The Italians who took the
place of the strikers at the Hudson river
depot quit work this afternoon.
The Lehigh Valley Company closed its
pier gates at P. NJ. The Pennsylvania and
Jersey Central and in tact all the other
piers along the river front, had the same
blockade and difficulty in moving freight.
PROVISIONS FOR THE FAMILIES OF STRIKERS.
New YORK. February 4th.-At the head
quarters of the Ocean Association to-day, it
was said that Smith & McNeith, restaurant
keepers, had agreed to supply quantity
of provisions for the families of the strik-
ers, and that many landlords had agreed
not to press them for rent. Supplies were
offered also by the butchers and bakers.
lAit slIlhtIS Ou NIS per vi thc new IldNtll
and Hartford Railroad, on East river, were
to-day admitted into the Union. This
makes over 400 admitted this week.
THE COAL HANDLERS STRIKE IN BROOKLYN.
New York, February 5th-A. M.-Brook-
lyn had the latest development of the
strike yesterday. The troubles of the
Brooklyn coal dealers were intensified
when in the morning the yardmen, cart
men and shovelers on almost every yard
in the city stopped work in obedience to
order received from District AS
sembly No. 40. Tie strike added about
one thousand men to the army OF un-
employed, and aim )st put complete stop to
| delivery Of coal ali over the city. The
yardmen told their employers they would
remain at the yards, and would clean and
care for the horses, but would not handle
coal. Policemen were sent to the various
yards, and in some cases went out on the
| wagons to protect non- union drivers. Sew
eral loads of coal, which were under police
protection, were dumped into the street by
strikers.
Signed the Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 4th-The Presi-
dent has signed the interstate commerce
bill. The signing of the bill was in full
accordance with the opinion of Attorney
General Garland, rendered to him on last
Monday, and it is very well understood to
be in accord with the views of the Cabinet.
The Attorney-General was asked tonight
to give his views in regard tho the bill, and
explain wherein it differed from the Senate
| bill of two years ago, which he opposed on
| the ground that it was unconstitutional.
| He declined TO do SO, saying that he re-
garded the opinion he had given to the
President on the subject as strictly conf
Dental. 1t is learned, however. from trust
worthy sources, that the Attorney-General,
as well as the President, considers the
bill which has just become a law, freed
| from all material features which were OBJ
| jectionable in the Senate bill of two years
| ago. According to this information, the
Attorney y-General's objection to the old bill
was to the vast powers of legislative and
! judicial character that were given to the
| Commission. The Attorney General is said
/ to hold that the present bill does not con-
fer judicial power on the Commission, but
J puts them in Courts on the report from the
| Commissioner, and that il does not confer
| legislative power except in the fourth sec
| ton (the long and short haul clause, and
that this is warranted by pUmberless pre-
cedents in the legislative history of the
Government
The Railroad Attorneys Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 4th-The Senate
has passed-39 to 1.-THE railroad attor-
neys bill, virtually in the same shape as
| Hoar's amendment The following is the
text of bill; That it shall be unlawful for
any member of either house OF Congress to
accept employment as an attorney-at- law,
or the payment for services of any kind, in
opposition to the United States, in any case
| to which the United States may be party,
or in which its interests may be concerned;
| or from any railroad company if such
members shall have reasonable cause to
} believe that the measure specially affecting
| the interests of such company are pending
| before Congress, or are about to be so pend
| ing during his term of service. Any person
who violates the provisions of this Act
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and may
| be punished by imprisonment not exceed
| ing one year. or by fine not exceeding $500,
or by both, in the discretion of the Court.
Trouble Between the Chicago Publishers
and the Printers.
CHICAGO, February 4th-There are pre-
monitions of difficulty between the pub
fishers of the Chicago daily papers and the
| Typographical Union. The Union has ad-
vanced the price of imposition from 81
cents per 900 ems. ON afternoon papers,.
to 40 cents, and on morning papers from 40
cents to As cents, and have given publishers
the necessary thirty days notice. The
publishers decline to accede to the advance,
and demand that the question shall be sub
mitted to arbitration. The printers. on the
other hand, say they have been beaten
twice by arbitration, and that they will not
submit their claims to any such tribunal
again. 1t is difficult to tell what the result
will be, as all the publishers stand together.
| The contest will be watched with consider
1 oh int inn ha
of 400 or 800 men. The Union men claim
that there are very few non Union men in
Chicago, and that the publishers will have
to come to their terms or stop publication.
4 Ruinous Waterspout.
NASHVILLE, February 4th.-A dispatch
from Carthage, Tenn, dated the Sd inst,
| to the american. says Chestnut Mound,
| ten miles above here was visited last night
by a waterspout, which carried death and
| destruction in its wake and almost ruined
that section of country. Near midnight
| solid body of water was precipitated and
swept down the valley with terrible force
One small branch rose fifteen feet in few
minutes. Rushing upon David Bush's
house, the water lifted the structure from
| its foundation and the building fell to
pieces and floated away. Bush and his fam
| lily being asleep were unaware of the dan
| ger until they were thrown from their beds
into the water. The darkness was so in
| tense that Bush was unable TO render as
sistance to his family, but when he made
his way out of the water he found all had
escaped with the exception of his 10-year-
son. The little fellow was heard crying
| for help, and Bush again plunged into the
| flood but could not find the lad and was
caught in some Grift-wood and narrowly
escaped being drowned. The body of the
| boy was found this morning and buried.
Disastrous Floods.
CINCINNATI, February 4th.-The river
reached 81 feet inches at 10 o'clock this
morning, and is still rising at the rate of an
inch an hour. The apparent DETECTION to
| the north of the cold wave increases the
possibility of a disastrous flood here
Access TO the Central passenger depot is
now cut off, freight movements are also
seriously endangered, and a little more
! rise will cut off some of the freight depots
| Disastrous floods are reported in the Big
Sandy. Little Miami and Licking rivers
At Falmouth, on the latter river, the dis
! tilleries and saw mills, and other manu-
factories, were submerged, and suffered
much loss. The river was full OF the con-
! tents of the fields and granaries, and many
| bridges and turnpikes were carried away
| throughout the country. AT Butler, the
I Licking was within a few inches nf the